Zine Fair at The Art Corner, Manchester 12th February 2011

dooodles---

Threads and Letters book-zine first appearance at the Art Corner Zine fair with The Shrieking Violet fanzine was a splendid welcome to my new self-publication.

 

 

Vicky's lighthouse bookmark---

button bookmark on thread binding---

bat puppetry---

a little look at the button article---

Rebecca Aimée Lanyon Willmott is a self publisher, poet, storyteller and textile artist.
A love of storytelling and stitching, is what inspired me to create my publication, Threads and Letters. Handcrafted on cotton paper, it has a traditional book theme throughout reflected in the fonts and framing reminiscent of the first Victorian illustrated magazines. Its contents include: articles on the button collection at Platt Hall, Gallery of Costume, Manchester, embroidery as puppet illustration, activist textiles and patterned poetry. 

The fanzine is accompanied by free delicious vegan cakes, lighthouse bookmarks and illustration prints by artist Vicky Willmott  and embroidery prints by Rebecca Aimée Lanyon Willmott.We wish to share our love for storytelling, stitching and sketching in a traditional but fun format of book-zines and illustration.

Threads and Letters is printed on card and cotton paper and bound with thread and buttons. It is sold at fanzine fairs and Good Grief fanzine and self publication store

Indie Tracks embroidered back pack

 

Hey! Look at this neat bag I made for Indie Tracks in the summer! It collected smiles and button badges on the sunny train weekend. How about making your own at Craftivism Manchester this month! We shall be making an embroidering tote bags a plenty.

An afternoon puppet play

 

Scribbled on the tube of summer 2010 on my way to a puppetry workshop as part of the puppet festival at Central school of speech and drama.

Embroidery illustration (First peek at embroidered puppet)

Oh it seems ever so far away.

Well we best get started, if we want to go home for tea, batty.

Embroidery on card

My brother Charles was always the observant one, unravelling mysteries, cracking codes and saving the day. His 18th birthday card uses recycled card and red,black and brown embroidery cotton stitched over brown paper with newpaper imprint on lens.

Nexus life drawing

I went to Nexus life drawing this Tuesday. I have not drawn anything for quite sometime so found it quite challenging but one of the most rewarding and exciting things I have ever done. The class is directed by the lovely artist, Liz Gaunt,who breaks up the sounds of scratchy sketches with nods of helpful advice. Liz directs the cafe into a soft haven of light as the budding artists slowly dot the basement cafe with a humming bubble of creative chat. The class is accompanied by mediative music, a basket of charcoal and a relaxed, welcoming ambience. The model was proffessional and posed in multiple angles for short 1 minute intervals at first to 2, 20 minute periods after a short caffiene break. (Although this may alternate according to the session.)
 It is on every other Tuesday 7.15-9pm on Dale, Street Manchester, see you there. (Oh and of course see you at the Craftivism event I'm helping run with Duncan and Sara from Crafternoon this Tuesday 6pm-9pm)

15 min sketch

5 minute sketch

 30 seconds

30 second sketch..gotta get it all in

Quick sketch from a print from my magic diary before the class started..heard it was very popular and they shut the doors when full so arrived rather early.

I'm no longer cold hurrah!

After a Christmas with chilly legs I finally crafted him some splendid stripey slacks. (elasticated waist included, in case of shortbread over eat.) Marvellous.